| Gana River Outfitters Ltd 2010 Hunt Report Harold Grinde 403-357-8414 email: ganariver@pentnet.net |
The 2010 season has come to an end and the crew and horses are all
home and resting up after another great season at Gana River. It is
always with a bit of regret that we leave camp and head down the road for
home but some fairly deep snow on the road south of Ross River made
us thankful we got out when we did. For the most part the weather was
great in the Mackenzie Mountains in 2010. The showers that we received
were timely and the grass was lush and green after an early spring. We
saw tremendous antler growth on the moose and caribou, I am sure in
part due to the early spring. The season began a bit early for Laura,
Nathan & I as we flew up to camp in late June to open up for a team of
geologists that were staying with us before the opening of sheep season.
The hydro system continues to run with hardy a glitch and provided our
camp with the luxury of free electricity and all of the conveniences it
makes possible once again this season.
It was great to have four of our clients bring their wives along to share in
their experiences and enjoy our comfortable base camp. We also had
four others bring their sons along so that they could hunt together--- what a
great way to spend some quality time with your children!
We did have a couple of last minute cancellations that did not fill and so
took a few less hunters this year. Once again in 2010 the quality of the
game was tremendous. We harvested 18 rams that averaged 10.75
years of age and 36.5 inches in length with several old broomed rams
included. Rifle hunters were 100% successful in taking rams again
in 2010. We had 2 archery sheep hunters this year and although both had
opportunities for stalks on good rams and 1 had several shots neither
was able to take a ram home. Click the link below to see more 2010
rams.
The quality of the caribou this season was probably the best we have
seen in years. We took a total of 15 bulls with an average gross score
of 389 B&C. Three archery caribou hunters were all able to harvest good
Pope & Young bulls, the best being a huge bull taken on the first day of
his hunt by Mark Seacat that grossed 416 B&C. We saw lots of good
caribou this year and lots of calves which should mean good hunting in
the years to come.
We only had 5 moose hunters in 2010 an unfortunately one of them had
some health concerns and had to go home after only 1 day of hunting. We
did take 4 great bulls though with the biggest being a 67.5 inch bull taken
at Willow Camp by Kipp Krivoshein. Repeat hunter Josh Horrocks took a
great bull in velvet hunting with Adam Grinde on a backpack hunt on the
Mountain River. Mixed bag hunter Jon Baker took a good early season
bull as well as a good mountain caribou. Colter Grinde also took a bull
hunting from Willow camp. In addition to moose hunting the boys found
time to build a new hunters cabin at Willow camp which will be a huge
improvement to the camp there.
We also built a new cabin at Bordertown in 2010. Late season caribou
hunters Spencer Moskwa and Colin Lyons enjoyed the luxury of the new
cabin there while hunting with guide Trevor Shulist and both took good
caribou. Colin also connected with a nice wolf and wolverine. As usual we
had several more misses on wolves but did manage to take a couple for
the season.
As usual I would like to thank each and every one of our clients for their
participation in our 2010 season. Some have hunted with us before and I
hope and pray that many of you will be back again. A special thanks to
those of you who brought your children along and introduced them to the
world of mountain hunting. We hope that the time spent with us is just the
beginning of an enduring friendship. Thanks also to the members of our
great crew who work so hard throughout the season. It is through your
efforts that our season was such a huge success.
May God bless each and every one, we hope to see you all again soon.
Harold, Laura, Nathan and the Gana River Crew.
home and resting up after another great season at Gana River. It is
always with a bit of regret that we leave camp and head down the road for
home but some fairly deep snow on the road south of Ross River made
us thankful we got out when we did. For the most part the weather was
great in the Mackenzie Mountains in 2010. The showers that we received
were timely and the grass was lush and green after an early spring. We
saw tremendous antler growth on the moose and caribou, I am sure in
part due to the early spring. The season began a bit early for Laura,
Nathan & I as we flew up to camp in late June to open up for a team of
geologists that were staying with us before the opening of sheep season.
The hydro system continues to run with hardy a glitch and provided our
camp with the luxury of free electricity and all of the conveniences it
makes possible once again this season.
It was great to have four of our clients bring their wives along to share in
their experiences and enjoy our comfortable base camp. We also had
four others bring their sons along so that they could hunt together--- what a
great way to spend some quality time with your children!
We did have a couple of last minute cancellations that did not fill and so
took a few less hunters this year. Once again in 2010 the quality of the
game was tremendous. We harvested 18 rams that averaged 10.75
years of age and 36.5 inches in length with several old broomed rams
included. Rifle hunters were 100% successful in taking rams again
in 2010. We had 2 archery sheep hunters this year and although both had
opportunities for stalks on good rams and 1 had several shots neither
was able to take a ram home. Click the link below to see more 2010
rams.
The quality of the caribou this season was probably the best we have
seen in years. We took a total of 15 bulls with an average gross score
of 389 B&C. Three archery caribou hunters were all able to harvest good
Pope & Young bulls, the best being a huge bull taken on the first day of
his hunt by Mark Seacat that grossed 416 B&C. We saw lots of good
caribou this year and lots of calves which should mean good hunting in
the years to come.
We only had 5 moose hunters in 2010 an unfortunately one of them had
some health concerns and had to go home after only 1 day of hunting. We
did take 4 great bulls though with the biggest being a 67.5 inch bull taken
at Willow Camp by Kipp Krivoshein. Repeat hunter Josh Horrocks took a
great bull in velvet hunting with Adam Grinde on a backpack hunt on the
Mountain River. Mixed bag hunter Jon Baker took a good early season
bull as well as a good mountain caribou. Colter Grinde also took a bull
hunting from Willow camp. In addition to moose hunting the boys found
time to build a new hunters cabin at Willow camp which will be a huge
improvement to the camp there.
We also built a new cabin at Bordertown in 2010. Late season caribou
hunters Spencer Moskwa and Colin Lyons enjoyed the luxury of the new
cabin there while hunting with guide Trevor Shulist and both took good
caribou. Colin also connected with a nice wolf and wolverine. As usual we
had several more misses on wolves but did manage to take a couple for
the season.
As usual I would like to thank each and every one of our clients for their
participation in our 2010 season. Some have hunted with us before and I
hope and pray that many of you will be back again. A special thanks to
those of you who brought your children along and introduced them to the
world of mountain hunting. We hope that the time spent with us is just the
beginning of an enduring friendship. Thanks also to the members of our
great crew who work so hard throughout the season. It is through your
efforts that our season was such a huge success.
May God bless each and every one, we hope to see you all again soon.
Harold, Laura, Nathan and the Gana River Crew.
| Jim Cannon and guide Jeremy Hatala with a good looking 37.5 inch dall ram taken on the first horseback hunt. |
| Bill Tailby shows off his 39 inch 163 ram taken on the first backpack hunt of 2010 with guide Trevor Shulist. |
| TJ Schwanky with a great 14 year old dall ram taken on backpack hunt #2 with guide Trevor Shulist. |
| Todd Rawlake took this great dall ram hunting with Jeremy Hatala on the third backpack hunt. |
| Soudy Golabchi hunted on the third horseback hunt to take this classic dall ram. |
| Contact Harold Grinde Gana River Outfitters PO Box 528 Rimbey, AB Canada T0C 2J0 phone: 403-357-8414 email: ganariver@pentnet.net |
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| Shawn Harper took this huge heavy horned old ram on the second horseback hunt with guides Ryan Faehmel and Harold Grinde. Shawn is pictured here with fellow hunters Steve Leaf and Donnie Starks. Shawn's ram was 13.5 years old and measured 41 inches on the long horn. |
| Kipp Krivoshein (right) and guides Ryan Faehmel and Colter Grinde with Kipp's hunge 67.5 inch Willow Camp moose. |
| Cathy Krivoshein accompanied her husband Kipp on his dall sheep hunt and took this great mountain caribou. Kipp also returned to take a great 67.5 inch moose in 2010. |
| Doug Atkinson and his lovely wife Carolyn took these great velvet bulls hunting with Jeremy Hatala on the second backpack hunt. Doug also took home a nice dall ram. |
| Micah Bowman came along with his dad Eric on the third horseback hunt. His dad took home a nice ram and Micah took this huge velvet mountain caribou, green score 438 B&C. |
| Archery hunter Mark Seacat took this huge mountain cariobu at Palmer Lake Base Camp on the first day of his hunt with guide Harold Grinde |
